An election was held in Spain on 13 June 1999 as part of the concurrent EU-wide election to the 5th European Parliament. All 64 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the Treaty of Amsterdam were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

The ruling People's Party (PP)—which for the first time contested a nationwide election in Spain while in government—emerged as the largest political force in the country, albeit with a diminished victory margin than in the previous election held in 1994. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), in opposition for the first time since 1982, recovered some ground from its previous result. Overall, the PP lead decreased from 9.3 to 4.4 percentage points, though this was an increase from the 1.2 points between both parties in the 1996 general election. United Left (IU) lost half of its votes and parliamentary representation amid internal divisions—Initiative for Catalonia (IC) and the New Left (NI) had split from the larger alliance in 1997—policy differences over their relationship with the PSOE and the deteriorating health condition of IU's maverick leader, Julio Anguita.

Overview Electoral system Voting for the European Parliament in Spain was based on universal suffrage, which comprised all Spanish nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age with full political rights, provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence, nor were legally incapacitated.; ; .

64 European Parliament seats were allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Amsterdam.; . All were elected in a single multi-member constituency—comprising the entire national territory—using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with no electoral threshold.. The use of this electoral method resulted in an effective threshold depending on district magnitude and vote distribution.

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes..

Outgoing delegation

The table below shows the composition of the Spanish delegation in the chamber at the time of the election call.

+ Delegation composition in May 1999 Groups Parties MEPs Seats Total European People's Party PP 26 29 UPN 2 UDC 1 Party of European Socialists PSOE 21 21 European United Left–Nordic Green Left IU 8 9 IC–V 1 European Radical Alliance PAR 1 3 CG 1 INDEP 1 European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party CDC 2 2

Parties and candidates The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, alliances and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list..

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties andalliances Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Vote % Seats PP Loyola de Palacio ConservatismChristian democracy 40.1% PSOE–p Rosa Díez Social democracy 30.8% IU–EUiA Alonso Puerta SocialismCommunism 11.9% CiU Pere Esteve Catalan nationalismCentrism 4.7% CN–EP Josu Ortuondo Peripheral nationalism 2.8% CE Isidoro Sánchez Regionalism 2.2% LV–IP Antoni Gutiérrez Green politicsEco-socialismLeft-wing nationalism 1.5% EH Koldo Gorostiaga Basque independenceLeft-wing nationalismRevolutionary socialism 1.0% BNG Camilo Nogueira Galician nationalismLeft-wing nationalismSocialism 0.7%

Opinion polls The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Turnout CN–EP BNG CE LV–IP Lead 1999 EP election 13 Jun 1999 63.0 39.7 35.3 5.8 4.4 2.9 1.5 1.6 3.2 1.4 4.4 Ipsos–Eco Consulting/ABC 24 May–2 Jun 1999 2,000? 40.9 35.2 10.4 4.5 2.4 0.5 0.5 1.8 – 5.7 Demoscopia/El País 26 May–1 Jun 1999 17,500 67 41.1 35.6 8.8 5.2 2.9 – 1.8 1.6 1.4 5.5 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 28–31 May 1999 2,600? 41.8 36.2 7.9 4.4 2.4 – – 1.9 1.2 5.6 CIS 3–26 May 1999 4,797? 41.5 35.5 8.1 4.2 2.3 1.0 1.0 2.3 2.4 6.0 Metra Seis/Colpisa 14–20 May 1999 1,200? 40.2 36.8 8.8 4.7 2.8 0.9 0.9 2.8 – 3.4 Gallup/El Correo 5–30 Mar 1999 2,031? 41.0 38.0 9.0 4.0? – –? – 3.0 Sigma Dos/El Mundo 26–27 Dec 1998 1,000? 43.4 35.1 8.2 4.1 2.3 – – – – 8.3 1994 EP election 12 Jun 1994 59.1 40.1 30.8 13.4 4.7 4.1 1.0 0.7 – – 9.3

Results Overall

+ ← Summary of the 13 June 1999 European Parliament election results in Spain → Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Total +/− People's Party (PP) 8,410,993 39.74 −0.38 27 −1 Spanish Socialist Workers' Party–Progressives (PSOE–p) 7,477,823 35.33 +4.54 24 +2 United Left–United and Alternative Left (IU–EUiA)1 1,221,566 5.77 −6.15 4 −5 Convergence and Union (CiU) 937,687 4.43 −0.23 3 ±0 European Coalition (CE)2 677,094 3.20 +1.03 2 +2 Nationalist Coalition–Europe of the Peoples (CN–EP)3 613,968 2.90 +0.06 2 ±0 Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 349,079 1.65 +0.90 1 +1 Basque Citizens (EH)4 306,923 1.45 +0.48 1 +1 The Greens–Left of the Peoples (LV–IP)5 300,874 1.42 −0.11 0 ±0 The Greens–Green Group (LV–GV) 138,835 0.66 +0.07 0 ±0 Centrist Union–Democratic and Social Centre (UC–CDS) 38,911 0.18 −0.81 0 ±0 Leonese People's Union (UPL) 33,604 0.16 New 0 ±0 Confederation of Feminist Organizations (COFEM/FEMEK) 28,901 0.14 New 0 ±0 Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE) 26,189 0.12 −0.04 0 ±0 Asturian Renewal Union (URAS) 22,400 0.11 New 0 ±0 Party for Independence (PI) 17,544 0.08 New 0 ±0 Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 16,001 0.08 New 0 ±0 United Extremadura (EU) 15,716 0.07 ±0.00 0 ±0 Asturianist Party (PAS) 15,299 0.07 −0.01 0 ±0 Independent Spanish Phalanx (FEI) 13,940 0.07 +0.04 0 ±0 Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)6 13,267 0.06 +0.04 0 ±0 Alliance for National Unity (AUN) 12,486 0.06 New 0 ±0 Humanist Party (PH) 12,415 0.06 +0.02 0 ±0 The Phalanx (FE) 10,792 0.05 New 0 ±0 Independent Socialists of Extremadura (SIEx) 10,040 0.05 New 0 ±0 Regionalist Unity of Castile and León (URCL) 9,950 0.05 ±0.00 0 ±0 Andalusia Assembly (A) 8,750 0.04 New 0 ±0 Natural Law Party (PLN) 8,671 0.04 New 0 ±0 Party of Self-employed of Spain and Spanish Independent Groups (PAE–I) 8,394 0.04 New 0 ±0 Valencian Community Alternative (ACV) 8,073 0.04 New 0 ±0 National Democracy (DN) 8,053 0.04 New 0 ±0 Andecha Astur (AA) 7,321 0.03 New 0 ±0 Union of Regions (UDR) 7,251 0.03 New 0 ±0 Extremaduran Coalition (PREx–CREx)7 7,230 0.03 ±0.00 0 ±0 Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 6,977 0.03 ±0.00 0 ±0 Coalition for the Repeal of the Maastricht Treaty (DM)8 5,664 0.03 −0.01 0 ±0 Blank ballots 357,583 1.69 +0.54 Total 21,166,264 64 ±0 Valid votes 21,166,264 99.21 −0.33 Invalid votes 168,684 0.79 +0.33 Votes cast / turnout 21,334,948 63.05 +3.91 Abstentions 12,505,484 36.95 −3.91 Registered voters 33,840,432 Sources

Maps

Distribution by European group + Summary of political group distribution in the 5th European Parliament (1999–2004) Groups Parties Seats Total % European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED)People's Party (PP) Navarrese People's Union (UPN) Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) 2611 28 43.75 Party of European Socialists (PES)Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Democratic Party of the New Left (PDNI) 222 24 37.50 Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) Basque Solidarity (EA) Andalusian Party (PA) Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 1111 4 6.25 European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)United Left (IU) 4 4 6.25 European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) Canarian Coalition (CC) 21 3 4.69 Non-Inscrits (NI)Basque Citizens (EH) 1 1 1.56 Total 64 64 100.00

Elected legislators The following table lists the elected legislators:

Elected legislators # Name List 1 Loyola Palacio Valle-Lersundi PP 2 Rosa María Díez González PSOE–p 3 José María Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado PP 4 José María Obiols i Germa (Raimon) PSOE–p 5 José Gerardo Galeote Quecedo PP 6 Francisca Sauquillo Pérez del Arco PSOE–p 7 Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca PP 8 Enrique Barón Crespo PSOE–p 9 María del Carmen Fraga Estévez PP 10 María del Carmen Cerdeira Morterero PSOE–p 11 Mónica María Ridruejo Ostrowska PP 12 Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza PSOE–p 13 Alonso José Puerta Gutiérrez IU–EUiA 14 Theresa María Zabell Lucas PP 15 Manuel Medina Ortega PSOE–p 16 José Manuel García-Margallo Marfil PP 17 Pere Esteve i Abad CiU 18 José María Mendiluce Pereiro PSOE–p 19 José Javier Pomes Ruiz PP 20 Ana Isabel Palacio del Valle-del Lersundi PP 21 Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop PSOE–p 22 Alejandro Agag Longo PP 23 Pedro Aparicio Sánchez PSOE–p 24 Encarnación Redondo Jiménez PP 25 Luis Francisco Berenguer Fuster PSOE–p 26 Salvador Jove Peres IU–EUiA 27 Isidoro Sánchez García CE 28 Juan Ojeda Sanz PP 29 Juan de Dios Izquierdo Collado PSOE–p 30 Josu Ortuondo Larrea CN–EP 31 Laura de la Paz Mercedes González Álvarez IU–EUiA 32 Fernando Manuel Fernández Martín PP 33 María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco PSOE–p 34 Jaime Valdivielso de-Cue PP 35 Carlos Carnero González PSOE–p 36 Juan Manuel Fabra Valles PP 37 María Izquierdo Rojo PSOE–p 38 María del Pilar Ayuso González PP 39 Concepció Ferrer i Casals CiU 40 Alejandro Cercas Alonso PSOE–p 41 Íñigo Méndez de Vigo Montojo PP 42 José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra PP 43 Joan Colom i Naval PSOE–p 44 Manuel Pérez Álvarez PP 45 María Rodríguez Ramos PSOE–p 46 Pedro Marset Campos IU–EUiA 47 Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo PP 48 Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez PSOE–p 49 Daniel Luis Varela Suanzes-Carpegna PP 50 María Sornosa Martínez PSOE–p 51 María Antonia Avilés Perea PP 52 Fernando Pérez Royo PSOE–p 53 Salvador Garriga Polledo PP 54 Camilo Nogueira Román BNG 55 Ana Terrón Cusi PSOE–p 56 Carlos Bautista Ojeda CE 57 Carlos Bartolomé Ripoll i Martínez de Bedoya PP 58 Emilio Menéndez del Valle PSOE–p 59 Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar PP 60 Carles Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm CiU 61 Rosa María Miguélez Ramos PSOE–p 62 Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines Corral PP 63 Gorka Knörr Borras CN–EP 64 Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso EH

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